Democratic Senate Leader Schumer says 'We think this bill is so bad there's no way to make it better'

by nigel.manuel3/14/2017 6:42:58 PM

White House is working with lawmakers to shape amendment to Republican healthcare bill- White House spokesman

by nigel.manuel3/14/2017 6:32:59 PM

McConnell says lawmakers will talk to Treasury secretary about timing but 'obviously we will raise the debt ceiling'

by nigel.manuel3/14/2017 6:28:21 PM

USTR nominee Lighthizer days in confirmation hearing that he agrees with Trump that U.S. should have 'America first' trade policy; says U.S. can do better in negotiating trade agreements, have stronger enforcement of trade deals

President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

by Corinne Perkins3/14/2017 5:38:44 PM

House of Representatives Intelligence Committee says may resort to 'compulsory process' if Justice Department does not respond to its request for information on wiretapping allegation.

by Canice Leung3/13/2017 10:43:15 PM

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speak at a news conference about the Congressional Budget Office's report on the American Health Care Act at the Capitol. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

by Canice Leung3/13/2017 10:42:29 PM

BREAKING: Department of Justice says it has asked lawmakers for more time to respond to request for evidence about President Trump's wiretapping allegations.

by Canice Leung3/13/2017 10:26:48 PM

U.S. Senate confirms Trump's pick to run Medicare, Medicaid

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to run the government health program for the elderly, poor and disabled on Monday, filling a critical role as Republicans fight to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The Senate voted 55-43 to approve Seema Verma to run the $1 trillion Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma is the owner of SVC, a healthcare consulting firm, and has helped redesign Medicaid programs in several states, including Indiana when Vice President Mike Pence was governor.

Verma will report to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by David Alexander)

by Canice Leung3/13/2017 10:23:19 PM

BREAKING: U.S. Senate confirms Trump pick Seema Verma to run Medicare and Medicaid.

by Canice Leung3/13/2017 10:09:32 PM

JUST IN: Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Seema Verma to head Medicare, Medicaid operations; voting continues.

White House rejects report critical of Republican health plan

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday rejected a report by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office that concluded millions of Americans would lose health insurance under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare.

U.S. health secretary Tom Price told reporters at the White House that the administration strenuously disagreed with the report, which he said did not look at the full Republican plan and did not take into account regulatory reforms and other efforts to reform healthcare. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Eric Walsh; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

A group of states renewed their effort on Monday to block President Donald Trump's revised temporary ban on refugees and travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, arguing that his executive order is the same as the first one that was halted by federal courts.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel underscored the importance of free trade in a speech to business leaders in Munich, before her first trip to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington for talks on a range of issues, including defense spending.

Iowa Republican Representative Steve King caused a bit of a stir with this tweet from yesterday afternoon, in which he appeared to support far right candidate Geert Wilders in Netherlands' parliamentary elections.

You cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies. You've got to keep your birth rate up, and that you need to teach your children your values."In doing so, you can grow your population, you can strengthen your culture, and you can strengthen your way of life...If you go down the road a few generations, or maybe centuries, with the inter-marriage, I'd like to see an America that is just so homogenous that we look a lot the same.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected announce a restart of a review of vehicle fuel efficiency rules sought by the auto industry at an event on Wednesday with the chief executives of U.S. automakers, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

The Congressional Budget Office is expected as soon as Monday to provide a report on the costs of a Republican plan to replace the Obamacare healthcare law. The CBO is widely expected to find the Republican plan will result in fewer Americans with health insurance than under the Affordable Care Act, former Democratic President Barack Obama's signature domestic legislation.

The House Republican legislation would also roll back an expansion of Medicaid insurance for the poor, and replace Obamacare's income-based subsidies with a system of fixed tax credits to help people buy private insurance on the open market.

The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has estimated 6 million to 10 million people could lose health insurance under the Republican plan, known as the American Health Care Act.

It would cancel tax revenues worth at least $600 billion over 10 years, according to Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation.

Aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked the credibility of the nonpartisan agency that will analyze the costs of a replacement for Obamacare, as the White House sought to quell opposition from many Republicans.

ReutersU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York is not resigning from his post despite being asked to do so by the Justice Department, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday, potentially setting up a showdown between President Donald Trump and one of the country's top federal prosecutors.

by elizabeth.culliford3/11/2017 7:38:20 PM

Vice President Mike Pence visits Kentucky to sell the Republican healthcare bill with a vow to ''repeal and replace Obamacare once and for all.''

by elizabeth.culliford3/11/2017 7:37:14 PM

JUST IN: Trump says Secret Service did a fantastic job; says he was told about intruder last night

ReutersAn intruder carrying a backpack entered the White House grounds late Friday and was arrested at an entrance near the part of the building where the president resides, the U.S. Secret Service and CNN said on Saturday.

by elizabeth.culliford3/11/2017 5:49:17 PM

Intruder arrested on White House grounds, CNN reports

An intruder carrying a backpack entered the White House grounds and was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents at an entrance near the president's residence, CNN reported on Saturday morning, citing an unnamed source.

President Donald Trump, who was in the White House at the time, was not in any danger from the security breach, which occurred around midnight, the cable television network reported.

The White House could not be reached immediately to confirm the report.

ReutersSyrian President Bashar al-Assad said he had yet to see "anything concrete" from U.S. President Donald Trump over his vow to defeat Islamic State and called U.S. forces in Syria "invaders" because they were there without government permission.

ReutersA federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States.

by elizabeth.culliford3/11/2017 2:24:32 PM

UPDATE: Manhattan attorney Preet Bharara asked to resign along with other Obama-era U.S. attorneys - DOJ

ReutersU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked the remaining 46 chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to resign "in order to ensure a uniform transition," the Justice Department said on Friday.

BARCELONA Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of multiple planned attacks. | Video

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